Okay, thereâ€™s no way to write this article without name dropping. To cut to the chase, I know Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, and you donâ€™t.

I used to work for The Daily Show and the Colbert Report as the audience warm up act.Â Not a bad day job.
But knowing the hosts didnâ€™t mean I got to parade on stage at Saturdayâ€™s â€śRally for Sanity and/or Fear.â€ť I was in the audience with the thousands of fans, reporting on the events for CNN.

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